Mother Series to GBA

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Nintendo will release the classic Japanese series, with a new one on the way.

By IGN Staff

Nintendo has started airing a short, low budget commercial in Japan for Mother 1 & 2 for the Game Boy Advance. This is the first official confirmation that Mother is making its way to a Nintendo system since Mother 2 was released on the Super Famicom more than a decade ago.

The commercial shows brief snippets of game footage from both games which show that the graphics won't be much more than what the games were in the past. Mother was originally an 8-bit Famicom game, so it will have the more limited graphic quality.

The commercial, which announces the game's June 20th release date, also confirms that Mother 3 is in the works...most likely for the Game Boy Advance. Mother 3 was originally in development for the Nintendo 64, but was canned midway through development.

Nintendo has teased gamers with tastes from the Motherseries by incorporating the lead character Ness as a hidden fighter in the original Super Smash Bros. N64 game, as well as a standard fighter in the GameCube sequel. Nintendo also included several other Mother references in Super Smash Bros. Melee in the form of two stages, as well as Mr. Saturn as a throwable weapon.

The only time the Mother series saw a US release was on the Super NES. Nintendo localized Mother 2 as Earthbound in North America.

Click below to watch the whole commercial making its way over the Internet. Mother 1 & 2 is currently a Japanese-only release.